My and my pal, a pianist, had a maissive argument!! He says the major and minor scales cannt be the same scale pattern on guitar!! I said they are! they just start at different points!! (diff roots)

So, C Major (ionian)

------------10------12-----13--
------------10------12-----13--
-------9----10------12---------
-------9----10------12---------
---8--------10------12---------
---8--------10------12---------

Thats a common form of the scale, one i use too much.
The roots being 6th string 8th fret and 4th tring 10th fret to name a couple.

I told him that the minor scale is exactly the same and that you transpose it down 7 or up 5(sumin like that) to get C minor. Or keep it there to get A minor.

He says thats bull and crazy, and that they are not the same pattern. Ie that I dont know the minor scale!!

Hes like grade 6 pino guy!! is he talking rubbish? is this the harmonic minor scale?>!?!?

Later